President Emmanuel Macron’s week-old government has survived a no-confidence vote in the French parliament -- after Marine Le Pen’s far-right party and conservatives said they would abstain from the ballot. French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne survived her first no-confidence vote in parliament on Monday sponsored by the hard-left opposition.

The no-confidence motion from the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party was backed by just 146 of the National Assembly's 577 deputies after close to three hours of debate.

Borne is the head of a minority government, making her vulnerable to such votes, but other opposition parties did not back the initiative to bring her down. She was named by Macron in May, a month before parliamentary elections in which the ruling centrist party lost its majority.


Macron faces pressure over 'Uber leaks'
Monday's vote comes as Macron is under pressure to explain allegations of his past support for taxi app Uber while he was economy minister from 2014-2016.
The left-wing coalition led by Jean-Luc Melenchon filed the motion on Monday to mark its opposition to Macron’s pro-business agenda, and needed an outright majority of 289 votes to be successful. Only 146 lawmakers out of 577 voted in favor of ousting the government led by Elisabeth Borne.
Investigations by a consortium of media including France's Le Monde newspaper claimed Macron held several undeclared meetings with Uber executives while during his term as economy minister.

According to the reports, a "secret deal" entailed Macron promising to help Uber work around legislation introduced in 2014, which sought to regulate the new app-based taxi hailing services.

Le Monde described Macron as "more than a supporter, almost a partner" for Uber over the course of 17 meetings held by him or his staff with company executives at a time when the firm faced multiple legal enquiries.